The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-10-22
White Oaks al6sIlG0Il III.


White Oaks is "A toxin OF about
800 people, and is situated IN the
western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles DN the mail
road rrom Carthage, the terminus
Of he san Pedro coal mine branch
ot the A.. Y. Il 5. f. i. L.. lob
miles from Socorro, on the m"in
line. 155 miles from FL Pn,o. ict-
MS. and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.,
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat o. oa
important supply trade. It's tiue-
IN situated in a valley, among t.o
spurs OF the Carlo range, at an ci-
ovation OF $40 feet above sea-
level. It has two religious organ.
j.ntions, Methodist and Congr,ga-
ijonalist, Il large and prosperous
nu5lic school, two weekly newspa-
ncrs, five prosperous mercantile es-
iuuli,hmeuts, two hotels, two bill
lard nlls. two blacksmith shops,
zone also "A wagon SHOP II TWEEN
ty stamp gold mill in operation, al,
SO Il Huntington Centrifugal mill,
and IA 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
are one mile n. ". Of the centre OF
the town. and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
S. E.. are inexhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. w. of the town, III
the Lone Mountain region, are eX.
tensive bodies of magnetic irol
ores. of excellent quality and higI
grade. Twenty miles south anc
south west lie the silver lead mines
Of the Bonito mining district, tho
rich gold mines of the Nogal min
INC district, and the copper (silve.
bearIng) ores of the "west side
The town is abundantly supplied
with water wood is abundant il
the foothills, and timber in thu
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail t.
Carthage, on the railway, and t.
TT. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t
the present objective point of tn.
Chicago, St. LOUIS & II Paso r. X
now building from FL Paso. Texas
and il destined to be an importan
point upon that railway when it l
rompleted to Kansas City, as tn
NECESSARY link i'll the shortest pos1
bic Inc bctw zen Chicago and tn
Ctv g.. MeX:"o.
The County OF Lincoln, in tn
s~outh-uasteru corner of New Hex
co. is $50 miles III extreme Iengii
and IGJ in extreme breadth, "a
contains 24.%5O squ-tr mile.
il divi}pd, tsum north 20 a"".Il. ,
tie BIO ircos, icuortantftfea
wl.ich receives Mitk:n the roA,
numerous tributaries arising n Z.
east side Of the Great Range.
The western part If tho ,"unt
is divided 10y mountains, local
known us the Ggilinas, Jicarllla.
Jarizos, Sierra BIancos, &c, a
portions Of the Great Mountei
Range dividing Eastern New Me
leo. The peaks o. these rang.
vary trom-Gallinas and Jack
Peak, about s, ZOO feet, to CArlz'
8. 200. Nogal, 10000, and SierI
Blanco, $1,000.
The population of the Coun'
was 5000 in 1885, now about6,O '
The towns, other than W hite Oak
are Lincoln, San Putriclo, Pichac
Weed, Dowlin's Mil, Galena, K,
well, Seven Rivers, Three River
and Lookout.
Two-thirds of the County co
sists OF fine grazing lands, main
well watered, and stocked Wi
300. 600 head Of cattle, an increa
of 1000 per cent. in 5 years. II
Angora goat has made his appeo
ance in the mountains OF Linco
County, and he is here to stay. /
ranges where nothing else will,sI
is exceedingly profitable to b
owner. There are but few She,
in the county, about $4,000 hors
and mules, and .burros, (AngI
Jackass esq like the sands Of Il
seashore, for multitude,
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Boz
to, Hondo, Seven Rivers, Bla
River, and Pecos, there are the 4
est Of agricultural lands. Fl
farms have been opened on
those streams, and upon them h
been produced in exceptional gu
ity and quantity every farm p'
ucts which can be raised at sue